Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/niska
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Only an unconvincing Indo-Aryan loan theory has been proposed.
Noun
[edit]*niska[1]
- nape (back of the neck)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *niska
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *niska | *niskat | |
| accusative | *niskan | *niskat | |
| genitive | *niskan | *niskadën *niskoidën | |
| partitive | *niskada | *niskoida | |
| inessive | *niskassa *niskahna |
*niskoissa *niskoihna | |
| elative | *niskasta | *niskoista | |
| illative | *niskahën | *niskoihën | |
| adessive | *niskalla | *niskoilla | |
| ablative | *niskalta | *niskoilta | |
| allative | *niskalën *niskalëk |
*niskoilën *niskoilëk | |
| essive | *niskana | *niskoina | |
| translative | *niskaksi | *niskoiksi | |
| instructive | *niskan | *niskoin | |
| comitative | *niskanëk | *niskoinëk | |
| abessive | *niskatta | *niskoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: niska
- → Northern Sami: niski
- Ingrian: niska
- Karelian: niska, niška
- Livonian: (obsolete) nī'sk
- Livvi: nišku
- Ludian: nišk
- Veps: nišk
- Votic: niskõ